Sudden, brief, and unexpected:' dearMoon crew laments cancellation of private SpaceX Starship moon mission

[Admin]

Crew members selected for a planned flight around the moon funded by Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa shared public feelings of disappointment after the mission's cancellation.

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[JAS]

I was actually relieved when I heard the news. Even at the point where Starship can make a trip around the moon, I would consider that it is still very early days for the design, making a trip with it by civilians very risky. Maezawa, cutting out like this, might just have saved the lives of all those people currently disappointed. We'll never know for sure. Personally, I don't like the idea of civilians going up in Starship before it has earned a safety record. To do so before that time brings back memories of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster that killed a civilian school teacher who really didn’t know the risks involved. What a hit to the reputation such a disaster would make for SpaceX. We just don't need that risk.

 

[Cochituate Beach]

Trying to balance his checkbook, and suddenly realized that pesky down payment check was still out.